Saturday, May 24, 2008

Elephant9


Elephant9 is Ståle Storløkken (keyb), Nikolai Hængsle Eilertsen (b,g) and Torstein Lofthus (dr). The organ trio just released "Dodovoodoo" on Rune Grammofon. It swings and grooves, and has a taste of Miles, Weather Report (two Zawinul tunes) and prog. Tough stuff! At first I got a bit irritated over the quiet, floating parts, but it will be better, I just know it. Let's just float. Back to the 70s everybody!
And Kim Hiorthøy, he must have seen the light. This must be the wildest Rune-cover so far in history.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

I think a lot of it sounds exactly like a tribute to the first Tony Williams Lifetime. But being the kind of person who doesn't criticize bands/musicians for sounding like someone else, I really like it.